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Method and apparatus for recognizing gait motion

a technology of gait motion and apparatus, applied in the field of apparatus and methods for recognizing gait motion, can solve the problem that the assistance optimized for each gait motion cannot be provided, and achieve the effect of improving the assistan

Active Publication Date: 2016-04-07
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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The patent describes a method and apparatus for recognizing a person's gait, such as walking down stairs, and using this information to improve the assistance provided to the person by a walking assistance apparatus. The method involves setting a period for identifying gait motion and recognizing it as walking down stairs if there is a specific vertical acceleration pattern during that period. The identified gait motion can then be used to control the assistance provided to the person by the apparatus. The technical effects of this patent include improved accuracy in identifying gait motion and enhanced control of walking assistance by the apparatus.

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When a walking assistance apparatus is unable to recognize a gait motion of a user while assisting the walking of the user, a walking assistance optimized for each gait motion may not be provided.

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[0041]Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some example embodiments are shown. Example embodiments, may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these example embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of example embodiments to those of ordinary skill in the art. In the drawings, the thicknesses of layers and regions are exaggerated for clarity. Like reference characters and / or numerals in the drawings denote like elements, and thus their description may be omitted.

[0042]In addition, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), and the like may be used herein to describe components. Each of these terminologies is not used to define an essence, order or sequence of a corresponding component but used merely to distinguish the corresponding component from ...

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for recognizing a gait motion are provided. The apparatus may set a gait motion recognition period based on measured right and left hip joint angle information, may input, to a trained neural network, right and left hip joint angle information and vertical acceleration information measured during the gait motion recognition period, and may recognize a gait motion.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the priority benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2014-0134853, filed on Oct. 7, 2014, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field[0003]Some example embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for recognizing a gait motion, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for recognizing a gait motion based on biometric data of a user sensed and / or measured by, for example, a walking assistance apparatus.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Human walking is performed based on different operating mechanisms of the hip joints for each gait motion, for example, level walking, walking up stairs, walking down stairs, walking up a slope, or walking down a slope.[0006]When a walking assistance apparatus is unable to recognize a gait motion of a user while assisting the walking of the user, a walking assist...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/11A61H3/00
CPCA61H3/00A61B5/112A61B5/7267A61B5/002A61B5/1121A61B5/4836A61H2003/001A61H2003/007A61H2201/1628A61H2201/501A61H2201/5061A61H2201/5069A61H2201/5079A61H2201/5084A61H1/0244G16H50/70A61H2201/50G06V40/25
Inventor LEE, JUSUKKIM, KYUNG-ROCKSEO, KEE HONGSHIM, YOUNGBOAHN, SUNGHWANLIM, BOKMANJANG, JUN-WON
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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